Lose Well: False Starts, Beautiful Disasters, Public Humiliations, and Other Secrets to Success

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Chris Gethard

Lose Well

False Starts, Beautiful Disasters, Public Humiliations, and Other Secrets to Success

Chris Gethard

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HarperOne
11 December 2019

Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem; Humour

"A laugh-out-loud, kick-in-the-pants self-help narrative for anyone who ever felt like they didn’t fit in or couldn’t catch a break—comedian and cult hero Chris Gethard shows us how to get over our fear of failure and start living life on our own terms.

Let’s face it: we all want a seat at the cool table, a great job, and loads of money. But most of us won’t be able to achieve this widely accepted, black-or-white, definition of winning, which makes us feel like failures, that we’re destined to a life of loserdom. That’s the conventional wisdom. It’s also crap, according to comedian and cult hero Chris Gethard, who knows a thing of two about losing. Failing is an art form, he argues; in fact, it’s the only the way we’re ever going to discover who we are, what we really want, and how to live the kind of life we only dreamed about.

Setting flame to vision boards and tossing out the ""seven simple steps"" to achieving anything, host of the wildly popular podcast Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People illustrates his personal and professional manifesto with hilarious and ultimately empowering stories about his own set-backs, missteps, and public failures, from the cancellation of his Comedy Central sitcom after seven episodes to rediscovering his comedic voice and life’s purpose on a public access channel.

With his trademark wit and inspiring storytelling—a cross between David Sedaris and Jenny Lawson—Gethard teaches us how to power through our own hero’s journey, whether we’re a fifteen-year-old starting a punk band or a fifty-year-old mother of three launching an Etsy page. In the process, he shows us how to fail with grace, laugh on the way down, and as we dust ourselves off, how to transform inevitable failures into endless opportunities. It might get a little messy, but that’s exactly the point. Because the first step in living on your own terms is learning how to lose well, and more often than not, the revolutionary act of failing lets us witness firsthand what awaits us on the other side."

By: Chris Gethard
Imprint: HarperOne
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 197g
ISBN: 9780062691422
ISBN 10: 0062691422
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 11 December 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Gethard is a comedian, actor, writer, and the creator of the cult variety talk show, The Chris Gethard Show, which The New York Times hailed as a “riveting experiment in seat-of-your pants broadcasting.” He is also host of the popular weekly podcast “Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People,” which enjoys 150,000 subscribers, 200,000 downloads per episode and 1 million total downloads every month. His Career Suicide, a one-man show produced by Judd Apatow, premiered on HBO and was nominated for Lucille Lortel award for its off-Broadway run. His film and television credits include Mike Birbiglia's Don't Think Twice, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson's Broad City, and the Adam Mckay- and Will Ferrell- produced The Other Guys, as well as Inside Amy Schumer, The Office, Parks and Recreation, and Louie.

Reviews for Lose Well: False Starts, Beautiful Disasters, Public Humiliations, and Other Secrets to Success

If anyone can get you to give your dreams an honest shot, it's Chris Gethard, the king of somehow turning defeats into victories. -- JUDD APATOW, comedian, writer, and director This is funny, sure, but it's very much more. Chris speaks inspirational life truths to the outsider in all of us. A pithy road map of the antiestablishment path by which one can succeed in comedy and life. Gethard gets it. -- NICK OFFERMAN, actor, comedian, and author of the New York Times bestselling Paddle Your Own Canoe I was on the altar of Chris Gethard's wedding, when he was waiting a really long time for his bride to show up. Like, so long. I figured, based on his past life experiences, that it wasn't going to end well. Anyway, that's what this book is like. -- MIKE BIRBIGLIA, comedian, actor, and author of the New York Times bestselling Sleepwalk with Me-and Other Painfully True Stories ...Gethard's writing style is effortless and enjoyable, and his beliefs are compassionate and encouraging. Fans will be thrilled to dive deeper into his life and work, and anyone else stuck in a rut will find permission to go out and try-and fail-as often and as well as possible. -- Publishers Weekly Chris Gethard's Lose Well will change the way you think about failure. It's funny, heartfelt, and full of advice that every creative person needs to hear. -- Hello Giggles ...the sort of vulnerable, honest, and spoken-from-experience material that's earned him such a strong online following... and qualifies him to write a book like Lose Well. -- A/V Club